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March 9, 2010

In order to boost public support for its health reform push, the White House added a new wrinkle to the Senate-passed reform bill it has, by and large, embraced.  The … Continued

March 4, 2010

There’s an inherent problem with most news media coverage of the healthcare industry.  The companies, the products, the processes and the issues surrounding them are so complex that it’s difficult … Continued

March 3, 2010

The U.S. healthcare system takes no shortage of criticism.  Often, these criticisms fall into two camps.  There are those of us who believe that the United States has one of … Continued

February 24, 2010

On the eve of the White House’s bipartisan health reform summit, the Healthcare Leadership Council has signed onto a full page ad, initiated by the Mayo Clinic, in Roll Call, … Continued

February 19, 2010

Yes, there’s a lot of understandable frustration in Washington, DC these days, and not just because of the horrendous post-blizzard rush hour traffic.  There’s a sense of desperation in the … Continued

February 17, 2010

One of the oft-cited goals of health reform is to ‘bend the cost curve’ on health spending.  On that point, a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal raises questions … Continued

February 10, 2010

I applaud President Obama’s good intentions in seeking to host a bipartisan health reform summit on February 25, bringing together congressional Democrats and Republicans to put ideas on the table … Continued

February 9, 2010

Recently, I had the opportunity to write a post for the esteemed website, Disruptive Women in Health Care.  I shared my concerns about the number of states – Virginia being … Continued

February 5, 2010

Ron Williams, the chief executive officer of Aetna and a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council executive committee, is a co-chair of the prestigious Davos Economic Summit.  While in Davos, … Continued

February 2, 2010

Below is my commentary piece which was featured yesterday in Modern Healthcare Magazine: Political analysts and pundits have already begun conducting an autopsy on the Obama administration’s effort to reform America’s … Continued